Baron Origami Rollerballs
We’ve decided to have a display tray featuring several price point of origami pens. These are Barons and we will also have diamond knurl rollerball and ballpoint pens. We have two final shows: Bear...
View ArticleBlack Titanium…..
Platinum Hybrid Double Twist Cigar dressed up in a piece of Meykong Tulipwood. Finished with multiple coats of MINWAX Clear Satin Polyurethane applied using my Dipping Method. Les
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Ancient Olive Wood from Israel from my stash.
First Pen for Months from my Stash. Timber from Israel from my mate Jo a while back,Ancient dead branch from Olive Tree pruning.
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One piece Rollerball Dressed by Conway Stewart
I was gifted a few of the one piece rollerball kits. I think this makes the fourth pen I've made this year. I acquired some Conway Stewart blanks a few years ago, and they never disappoint. Took a nice...
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Blood wood
We haven’t worked with blood wood up until now, and I have to say I’m a fan. Beautiful burnt orange coloring with darker grain that the ebonite seems to complement. This one has no inlay, but features...
View ArticleBeen a while
Been a while since I posted, but getting ready for a Christmas Bazaar this weekend and here are a few of the pens I've made recently (starting top left going down): box elder burl 30 cal, brown mallee...
View ArticleUSS New Jersey teak and bog oak
Jr Statesman fountain pen made with Teak from the deck boards of the USS New Jersey, and Irish bog oak, with some aluminum from a Celsius energy drink can. It makes sense if you know the guy haha....
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Two Barons on Turkey Day
After setting up for a show yesterday I discovered that I needed wood Baron rollerballs. Here are the two that I managed to finish today before the feast. Curly koa and black box burl (both sourced...
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Teak and Canxan Negro burls, Zens.
2 chrome Zen fountains from ExoticBlanks.com, one with a particularly bland piece of Canxan Negro, and one with a nice piece of Teak burl and . Rushed the CA finish on the Canxan so there were still...
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EDC Burnt Bronze Hardware Hybrid
Made this one yesterday. Bought the blank from a maker (Darrin Johnson) on FB. The organic material are walnut shells.
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Neutrals
It’s a cold gray day here in West Texas, there’s snow to the West of us and talk of flurries possible here. The weather has actually been so pleasant up until now in the 60’s and 70’s, so no...
View ArticleAirliner Burl
This is a PSI Jet Airliner twist pen in gold. The wood is locust tree burl. The finish is Pens Plus. I'm not usually a fan of gold pens, but I really like it with the burl.
View ArticleOrnament Plum
This is a Christmas ornament from Woodcraft. The wood is plum burl from my friend Dennis. The finish is Mylands and carnuba wax. I love the grain in the plum.
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Polymer Clay Centerband
Slimline pen is rosewood with a centerband made of hard maple and polymer clay. Here's my process for making this polymer clay centerband plus 9 more... not rocket surgery. Marked a piece of hard maple...
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Polymer Clay Centerband #2
Slimline pen is morado with a centerband made of hard maple and polymer clay. Thanks for looking - Cullen
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Rollerball this time
Diamond Cast Satellite with ebonite section. CAP: 2.5" length and .670" dia. Barrell: 3.55" length and .590" dia. M13x.8 triple lead cap threads. M10x1 section threads. Do a good turn daily! Don
View ArticleLatest Burl pens
Afternoon all, Been busy on the lathe, here's my latest group of pens. Voids (of which there were many) filled with a mix of ground coffee, sawdust and thin CA. Wood sanded to 240, application of...
View ArticleA bit of wild grain
The pictures don’t do this justice. I found a bit of wild grain rosewood scrap at work and have made a few pens out of it. There’s a holographic quality to the wood, and after a polish they just pop. I...
View ArticleModified olive wood rollerball
It has been some time since my last pen..i am going through a bowl turning phase these days but here is a modified pen i finished today; olive wood finished with pens plus, feedback is wellcome, cheers...
View ArticleA quartet of Diamond Knurl Rollerballs
Two are segmented wood plus exhibition Hawaiian curly koa and bocote. Four coats of EZ Bond thin CA (5 cps) followed by 12 coats of EZ Bond Bond Pen Finish (50 cps) CA. Sanded and buffed for 30-40...
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Amboyna Fountain Pen
Hi everyone! I've been working on this one little by little for the past few weeks because there were a series of firsts technique-wise I wanted to implement to take my game up a notch. These included...
View ArticleFirst rollerball/fountain pen
Thuya burl and ebony. This blank has patterns that remind me of paw prints.
View ArticleSIMPLICITY Bamboo Roller Pen
I always trying to make things as simple as possible. I had some left over Bamboo material and thought what to make out of it. A piece of Bamboo with a very simple mechanism. The roller mine is...
View ArticleA new shape + finial
I really like this one, it’s a new shape for me and the section and finial are black Alumilite that I think are a nice complement to the blank. This blank appears to have very subtle coloration until...
View ArticleCustom fountain pen "Savia".
I just finished a new custom fountain pen "Savia". Have a great Sunday y'all.
View ArticleNavigator Rollerball, inspred by Mark James
Navigator style rollerball pan. 100 peices of four different woods, Paduck, Oak, Walnut, and Olive Tree. 8 white plastic rings, finished with 1 thick, 2 medium, and 8 thin coats of CA glue, sanded to...
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Spiral Polymer Clay and Acrylic Paint
I'm continuing to play with inlaid polymer clay. Here's today's result. Body is Butternut ACM Centerband Green Polymer Clay spiral with Black Acrylic paint Thanks for looking - Cullen
View ArticleTwo Zen pens
Hi all. It's been a couple of years since I have turned a pen so I figured I'd finally post my work here! These are two Zen Rollerball pens I made today. One is Red Mallee Burl the other is Amedeo Blue...
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